- Date
- April 6, 1968
- Place
- Great Falls, MT · GREAT FALLS, MT
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N7699YPiper PA-18
- Status
- Completed · report July 8, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 110951
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1321 68/4/6 GREAT FALLS,MONT PIPER PA-18 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 25, 218 TIME - 1400 N7699Y PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 89 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WALDEN RANCH TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION OVERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH STALL: MUSH LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED IN INITIATING GO-AROUND PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - POORLY PLANNED APPROACH WEATHER - TURBULENCE, ASSOCIATED W/CLOUDS AND/OR THUNDERSTORMS WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 45 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 225 14 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- WIND 225 DEG 14K GUSTING.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7699Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Walden Ranch
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Other investigations on N7699Y · 3
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB LAX83LA376Accident · Serious injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportFlagstaff, AZThe plt reported that during a pleasure flt, when he was flying over rising terrain north of Flagstaff, AZ, he realized a need for more altitude. He turned toward a downhill direction, but the acft crashed into the tree tops when he was unable to maintain…NTSB SEA67D0081Accident · No injuriesClosedNeihart, MTNTSB SEA66D0142Accident · Minor injuriesClosedStanford, MT